How to Recover Deleted Texts/iMessages on iPhone X/8/7/6s Plus

Clearing useless messages might be a good way to free up space on iPhone. However, it’s very likely to delete important texts by mistake. How to get deleted text messages back? Well fear not, messages don’t really get erased when you deleted them. They are still stays on your iPhone unless overwritten by other data. And you are able to recover deleted text messages from iPhone using one of these tips below.

After that, back to Settings > General > Reset and choose Erase All Content and Settings to erase your iPhone.

Once done, choose to Restore from iCloud Backup during the initial setup steps of your iPhone. Then sign into iCloud and choose a backup.

Once your backup is restored, you should be able to view deleted texts on your iPhone Message app.

Option 3. Recover Deleted Texts/iMessages on iPhone without Backup

If you don’t have any backup available, or you don’t want to overwrite the new data added to your iPhone with the old backup, you could try Fucosoft iPhone Data Recovery. With it, you can retrieve deleted text messages on iPhone X/8/7/6s/6 Plus or iPad directly without any backup. Also, you can selectively extract text messages from iTunes or iCloud backup without restoring your iDevice.

Step 1: Download and install iPhone SMS Recovery software on your computer. Then run the program and click on “Data Recovery”.

Step 3: After the scan, click “Messages” to preview all existing & deleted messages. Then selectively restore deleted messages to iPhone or exported to computer in Excel, CSV, or XML format.

The Bottom Line

Restoring from iTunes or iCloud backup will overwrite the data on your iPhone. You will lose any new data you have added since the backup you’re using to recover from. So you’d better make copies of your photos, videos and any other data you don’t want to lose. Another drawbacks is that you are unable to access specific data in the backup. In such cases, iPhone Data Recovery comes very handy, which can directly scan your iPhone to recover deleted messages, or retrieve specific text messages from iTunes/iCloud backup. Moreover, you can print your iPhone text messages easily.

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